Bookholder



C. A. STEELE April 25, 1950 BOOKHOLDER Patented Apr. 1950 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE- 2,505,590 7 Y I BOQKHQLDER 7 Claude Steele, Claremore,Okla. Application M ay 3, 1947, Serial No. 745,818

r 2 Claims;

This invention relates to book holders adapted to hold books, magazines,sheet music, or similar articles, in open position so that the leaves orpages of the book in open position are, held flat in order to provide aready reference torthe book or the like.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a simple andefficient book page holder which is easy to manufacture yet efficient inits operation and durable in its application.

Another object of this invention is :to provide a book holder which isreadily utilized with the back covers of any book or the like, and soconstructed with adjustable and movable mean holding the pages of thebook in open position in a positive and eflicient manner.

And still another object of this invention is to provide a book holdingattachment having a folding construction provided with leaf holdingmeans capable of adjustment to different sizes of books in order to holdthe pages of the book in open position at different portions thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from thefollowing detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings which illustrate my invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the book holder shown in conjunctionwith an open book.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the book holder per se.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the perspective of the folded connectingportion of the body.

Figure 4 is a similar view of the' folded connected portion for theholding arms.

Referring to the drawings in detail and more particularly Figures 1 and2, the book holder comprises a flat body portion generally indicated at2, made of any suitable material such as a lightweight metal, pliableplastic, or the like. The body 2 is provided with a pair of projectionsor extensions 4 which are bent backwards with respect to the body toprovide a pair of gripping or clip members. From Figure 1 it will beapparent that the clips 4 are arranged in slightly spaced relationshipwith the body member 2 in order to be retained or secured to the backcover members 6 of a book, magazine, music sheet, or the like, withoutinterfering with the bound leaves thereof. The upper portion of the body2 is provided with a centrally disposed flange or extension 8, adaptedto be slit along a portion of its transverse axis as at In in order topermit the folding of the opposite ends of the flange 8, as clearlyshown in Figures 2 and 3. The folded 2 portions l2 at flange 8 are againfolded as at M to provide vertical upright members l6 disposed inadjacent and parallel relationship to each other. Each of the uprightmembers I6 is provided with an aperture l8 in aligned relationship.Although the present device only discloses one aligned aperturein eachof the members 16, it will be apparent that the plurality of aperturesmay be provided in order to permit vertical adjustment for a purposethat will be hereinafter set forth.

A clamp or holding member is adapted to be secured to the body 2 andparticularly the upright members It of the flange 8 in a manner as willnow be set forth. The clamp member generally indicated at 20 comprisesan elongated body 22 shown by dotted lines in Figure 2, which is adaptedto be bent backwards in a manner similar to flange 8 as at 24. Themember 22 is again bent at 26 to provide perpendicular extending members28 formed in slightly spaced relationship to each other. The body 22 isprovided with a laterally extending projection 30 arranged substantiallyperpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body 22. The extension 30may be formed with oppositel extending flange members 32, or the crossmember 32 may be secured to the extension 30 in any convenient mannersuch as welding, soldering, or the like. The outer end of the extension30, and particularly the portion above the cross member 32 as shown inFigure 2, is preferably curved or formed on the arc and curve in orderto provide a handle member 34 for a purpose as will be hereinafter setforth.

The integral clamp member comprising the body 22, extension 3!] andcross member 32, is connected to the body 2 by fitting the spacedflanges 28 over the upright members M, and secured thereto by anyconventional locking means 35 inserted through aligned apertures 38 inflanges 28 and disposed in alignment with apertures I8. The connectionbetween the members 28 and I4 is sufficiently loose to provide easymovability of the body 22 and cross member 32 with respect to theupright members l4 so that the extension 30 and cross member 32 may bereadily moved from an operative to an inoperative position, and viceversa. It will thus be seen that the page holder 2 may be attached tothe back covers of a book 6 through the clamp members 4. During theattachment the cross member 32 and body 22 are moved with respect to theflange 8 to substantially upright position as shown in Figures 1 and 2.The pages 36 of the book may be opened to any desired point, and withthe book in open position the clamp member 22 is folded or moved towardthe open leaves of the book in order to place the cross member inclamping contact therewith. The central disposition of the flange 8 andextension 30 is such to permit the extension 30 to substantially ride inthe crevices between the bound leaves or pages 36 of QQbQOkfi Changes; my bejmade in the 'combinationaind arrangements of parts asheretoforeset-forth in the specification and shown in the drawings, itbeing understood that any modification in the precise embodiment of theinvention maybe,-

made within the scope of the following claims without departing from thespirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a leaf holder for a book comprising-'Jabase.

plate having integral spring clip members diu- :w es atw p o temm t eronv an ia tedw o e c edw th b n i :o bQ kifai fla e -meense qrr moveblsequrin -ih v m l e e to the perpendicular member, an extension providedfor the clampvmember, across member pro- 7 vided on the extensionadapted to contact the "over the apertured perpendicular member,

ans for movably securing the clamp member to the perpendicular member,an extension provijdedfori theiclamp member, a cross member provided'qntheextension adapted to contact the pages "of the book in open position,said extension having-2:5, curved outer end portion providing'a handlefor the clamp member.

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